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(0 - : ,e , . tc.,- t , rt. " d .;~ 'x ~~,i ~-'~~ ~,.. .e , .:: y: ~.; '~. • " . 1.3 . . • -.• — ‘l ? • `.! / • • . . • or\ ' • kt 4" eatii i, 1 / N UMBER. 10,437. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1826 PRICE SEVENPENCE. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Feb. 3, iSiG. NOTICE TO MAJtiNERS. ST. HELENA. COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That they have issued Instructions to the GOvernment of St. Ildena to ABOLISH ALL lima CHARGES at that ISLAND, and to limit the demand upon Private Ships touch. ' il l there, Whether British or Foreign, to such sum as may reimhurse the expence actually incurred in supplying Water, and with the use of Boats. JOSEPH DART. Secretary. To the GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, and FREEHOLDERS of NORTHUMBERLAND. GENTLEMEN, A %TING just returned from my Canvass in -IL the western parts of the County. I hasten to apprise my Friends of the very decided expression of goodwill and as surance of support which I have universally met with. Appearances are now so favourable throughout all parts of the County, that my success can barely admit of a doubt; but 38 my Adversary holds out a determination of proceeding to a poll, I must earnestly request your attendance on the Day of Motion. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, • Your obliged and faithful servant, HENRY THOMAS LIDDELL. ;Committee-room, Queen's Head, Newcastle, Feb. 16, 1826. MEXICAN COMPANY.'—The DIREC. TORS having, under and by virtue of the Powers vested in theni,by the Deed of Constitution, made a CALL of FIVE POUNDS PER SHARE, on each and every of the Shares in this Company, the Proprietors are requested to pay the sanu, t. the same to Messrs. MASTERMAN, PETERS, and CO., Bankers, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, to the account of the Trustees of the Company, on or before THURSDAY,. the 23d day of March, being 30 days from the date hereof. By Order of the Board, J. M. MAUDE, Secretary. 31, Great Winchester-street, Feb. 21, 1820. MONEY ON MORTGAGE OF ANNUITY. 1141 EVE TEIOUSAND POUNDS and Up . 2.: wards, or any part On Sums not less than £200), will De advanced on Lileslnterests from Marriage Settlements, Vinst.mtmey in the Funds, Wills, Jointures, amid Real Estates ; also on Freehold, Copyhold, and Leasehold Pro. perties, on fair, just, and liberal terms. Api.ly personally, or by Letter (post paid), to Mr. Lloyd, Attorney at Law, No. 4, Adamsstreet, Adeiphi. CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION, • St. Jolm't Wood, Mary-le-bone. ANNIVERSARY ELECTION OF CHILDREN. • Patron—THE KING. President--The Right Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of LONDON. • Vice,President—The Right Hon. Lord KENYON. TAI E ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the SOCIETY for CLOTHING,..II , IMNTINP . i9 .! and EbUCArb s i;ls - POOR ORPHAN CHILDREN of CLERGY MEN of the ESTABLISHED CHURCH of ENGLAND, until of AGE to be put APPRENTICE, will be holden at FREEMASONS' HALL, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on THURSDAY, the 43d instant. The Chair will be taken for the general business of the Day at Half-past Two o'Clock precisely. Dinner on Table at Five o'Clock precisely. STEW His the ► h Right Rev, iVallier Grace Lord BDoi shop of Rochester Venerable H. V. Bayley, D.D. Archdeacon of Lincoln Itc r. C. Richard Jenhyns,D.D. Vice•Chaneellor of Oxford Rev. Joseph Proctor, D.D. Vice-Chancellor of Cam bridge. Right Hon. Lord Rolle ARDS. of NEWCASTLE. Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, M .P Right Hou. the Lord Mayor Hon. Mr. Justice Littledale Sir John Rae Reid, Dart. John Bell, Esq. King's Coun sel, F.R.S. WiNiam Thompson, Esq. Al iftftman, No Collection after Dinner. Dinner Tickets, 15.. each, to by taken at the Dar. Donations and Subscriptions will in the mean time be thankfully received by the Treasurers, Rev. Aichdeacon Cambridge and Joshua Watson, Esq.; at their Bankers, 111 ssrs. Drnmmond,Charing-cross; and by the Collector, at NO. 67, Lincoln's Inn-fields. SIX of £20,000, WEDNESDAY NEXT. SWIFT and CO. Sold and Shared TWO PRIZES of THIRTY THOUSAND ; POUNDS out of the Four, drawn the 6th of December last also a Prive of kso.ooo, drawn the lath of last October; and another Prize of k moo°, and eft other Capitals, in the Drawings imme diately proceeding t making the following List of great Capi tals.sold at their Offices within the last few months, viz.:— 7,349 £30,000 1,063 £ 20,000 10,976 The Schein': to be all drawn let MARCH (being the Last bat Two), contains SIX PRIZES of £0,600, besides other Capitals, and for every Ticket £5 at the least. The "Pickets and Shares are selling at SWIFT and C o .' s Of fi ces, 11, P oultry; 1, St ran d, adjoining Northutuherland House ;• and 31, Ald gate High street. WESTERN REPOSITORY, NEW-ROAD, REGENT'S PARK. NOTICE. —The Trustees of the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY' most respectfully inform the , —Qb ilitY, Gentry, and the Public in general, that they ha ve lketi that magnificent Gothic Building late the REGENCY 'AZAAR, situated in the NEW - ROAD , between Mary-ley ~.,"o , l l ne New Ch urc h and Baker-street, in addition to th e i r d Establishment, 71, LEADENHALL-STREET, which ; i d he OPENED on MONDAY, the V7th instant, with an t en t of all kinds of Cabinet and Upholstery cular. s tior Tile astonishing increase of trade, owing to the distin guished and tiirmotil patronage they have received from many ?f the first F am ili es in t h e kingdom, has induced the Trus tees to augment th e i r Establishment, and they to avail t i e lo‘elves a this oortunity to return their grateful , oliks f ur t h e decided pr eference they have experienced, and t hey do aver that their best exertions shall be exercised to merit a continuance of such unexampled encouragement and Public favour. A large quantity of handsome Patterns in Paper to be sold y cheap. regular Registry Book kept for Disposing of and Glass Houses, and Qu Charge Lunde for Entry; and Plate ‘'lass Warehouse, VERY FAST TRAVELLING, To BIRMINGHAM anti LIVERPOOL, by DAY and NIGHT FOUR INSIDE COACHES, which KEEP GOOD TIME, from the SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW-HILL, LONDON. THE following LIGHT POST-COACHES, and MAILS, &c. set out from the above Inn:— BIRMINGHAM "Tally HO!" fast Day Coach,, in thir teen hours, Morning at a quarter before Seven, through Red burn, M7.rket Street, Dunstable, Brickbat, Fenny Stratford, Stoney Srrat ford , Towcester, ‘ireedon, Davcntry, Dmichurch, Coventry, and Stone Bridge, to the Castle Hotel and St. George's Tavern, High-street, Birmitsgham, to ShilTnall,. Wellington, Bridgenorth, Shelton, Shrewsbury, Qswestry, Nantwich, Tarporley, Bangor, Chester, and Holyhead.— Driven through with two Coachmen only. In consequence of the decided preference given to the Tally Ho Coach, the Proprietors are determined no expencc shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on the Birmingham Road. ,BIRMINGHAM - " Royal Express," New light fast Night Coach, in 15 hours only, and driven through with Two Coachmen, sets out every afternoon, carrying Four only 1 . passes through Warwick, Leamington, Sontham, Weedon, Daventry, Stoney-Stratford, and Towccster, to the Saracen's Head, Bull-street, Birmingham, early the next Morning. BROMPTON, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud, Sittinghourne,.ltainham, and Ospringe, every Morning. BARNSTAPLE, Southmolton, Crediton, Tiverton North lawtou, Oakhampton, Torrington, Churulcigh, Ilfracomb, and Biddeford. New light fast Coach, every Morning, at 7. BATH and BAISTOL Cheap Post-Coaches, through Chip pen hams), Caine, Marlborough, Hungerford, Newbury, and Reading, eve' y Afternoon at one; arrive at the Greyhound Inn, Bath, the London Tavern, Miims-street, and Swats, Bristol, early the next Morning. At reduced Fares. BOSTON New Royal Patent Mail to Lomb, through Royston, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Peterborough, Deeping, Spitlding,Spi'shy, Alford, and GI qtsby, Evening, at Half past 7, Sunday, at a (limner before 7. CAMBRIDGE New Royal Patent Mail, through Ware, Buntingford, BuAland, and Royston, Evening, at Half past 7, Sunday, at a Quarter before 7. CARLISLE " Express," only One Night on the• Road, to Penrith, and Whitehaven, a New Light Four-inside Post Coach, with a Gum el all the way; passes through Appleby, Brought, Bowes, Greta 7 bridge,Richmond, Catterick, 130. roughbrnlge, Ferrybridge, Doncaster, Newark, Bawtry, Grantham, Stamford, Greethant, Stilton, Lliggleswade, and Baldock. Sets out in the Morning, and performs the Jour• ney with the greatest facility. Passengers detained on the Road by business or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their Seats being secured in the next Coach.--The only direct Coach to Carlisle. - CHESTER Light Coaches to Newport, Whitechurch, Tar porley, Nanytwich, Northwich, and Al iddlewich, every worn. Ing and afternoon • COVENTRY " Tally Ho," light fast Day Coach, every mornipg at a quarter before 7, throng!. Red burn, Dunstable, Stoney Stratford, Towcester, ‘Vecdon, Daventry, and Don church. DOVER and Paris Patent Safe Coach, every morning, through Canterbury and Chatham. DORCHESTER New light Day Coaches, in fourteen hours only, through Bagshut, Blackwatcr, Basingsokc, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salisbury, Wood)eats, Cashmore, and Blandford, at a quarter past 5 and 7 in the morning. EXE'T'ER "Sovereign," New light fast Coach every morn. ing at 7 o'Clock, through Honiton, Axminster, Charmoittli, Bridport, Dorchester, Blandford, Woodyatcs Inn, Salisbury, Stockbridge, Sutton, Basingstoke, Blackwater, and Bagehot, GLASGOW, Longtown, Gretna-green, Annan, Dumfries,. Brownlllll, Thornhill, Sanqultar-Kiln, Caninock, Kingswell, and all Parts of Scotland, a light Four inside Post Coach daily, HARROWGATE and Ripon new Light Post Coaches, every Afternoon at Two, arid Seven in the Morning. HERTFORD Coach, through Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon, and *are. HOLYHEAD NeW. light fast Day and Night Coaches, through Br idgenort h, Walsal, Shrewsbury, and Salop, every morning and afternoon. HULL "Exprese," a New Light Post Coach, to Lincoln- Northcavc, Bowden, and Doncaster, every Morningg, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, Httll and also the " Rocking ham" in the Afternoon at Two. KENDAL Light fast. Post Coaches to Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, Chorlcy, Ormskirk, and Garstang, • every morning and afternoon. KIDDERMINSTER; Stourbridge, and Dudley, through Birmingham, and West Bromwich, light .Coaches every moth-. ins and afternoon. LEEDS " Rockingham," light Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Two; and passes through Baldock, Big gleswaile, Eaton, Buckden, Stilton, ‘Vansford, Stamford, Greetham, Grantham, Newark, Toxford, Markham Moor, Retford, Ilawtry, Deneaster, and Ferrybridge, arrives at the .Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next, Afternoon at Three, in time or the Bradford, Halifax, Skipton, and Huddersfield Coaches. Driven through with Four Coachmen only.—Luggage avid Packages only id per lb.—Notwithstanding the uncommon Expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to Ins the most agree.. able and complete Public Conveyance on the North Road, being unequalled by any other. LIVERPOOL and Staffordshire Potteries New light fast Day Coach, every morning at half-past Six, driven through with Four Coachmen only. LIVERPOOL " Umpire," New light fast Four Inside Coach, in 17 hours only, (but one Night on the Road), sets o u t Daily at. One ; and arrives at Liverpool next afternoon, Lathbury, Northampton, Welf o rd, ttell;sTolgrth Woburn,h,Hiil ekley,Atherstone,Tam worth, Litehfield,Stone, Newcastle, Knutstord, Warrington, and Present. LIVERPOOL " Royal Exprehti," Now light Four Inside Post Coach, in Twenty-severs hours, and driven through by Four Coachmen only, through ‘Yarrington,l Pres ton, Congleton, Lawton, Newcastle, Rugely, Knutsford, Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield, (only One Night on the road), every. Afternoon ; arrives at the Saracen's litEd Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool, next Afternoon. The advan., Cages to Travellers wino honour this Coach with their pre ference are far superior to any other on this Road, especially to Commercial Interests, as it performs the journey less time than any other Coacb, and is driven through with Four Coachmen; and, notwithstanding its cheapness arid expetli. lien, the Proprietors pledge themselves that for safety and accommodation it is equalled by few, and shall be surpassed by none. MANCHESTER and Altringliant New light very fast Day Coach, every morning to the Mostly Arms and Swan Inn. MANCHESTER to Winslow, COngleton,.Newcastle, Ntral. sail, Wolverhampton, and Knutsford, light Four !nude Coaches. . . - MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, four inside Day COach, through Maidenhead,Reftding, Ntiwbury,Hungerford,Rams bury, and Aldhourn. Driven through with One Coachman only, The nearest conveyance to Lambourn, Purton, Woot ton Basset, and Pewsey. NEWCASTLE UPtiN TYNE and UNDER LINE Coaches every morning and afternoon. Only One Night on the road. PLYMOUTH ' 6 Sovereign," New light fast Coach, to Pal. mouth, Truro, Bodmin, Penryn, Ashburton, Tutneas, and Newton Abbott, every morning at 7. RAMSGATE " Royal Telegraph," New superior fast safe Coach, to Margate, Dover, Deal, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Faversham, and Sandwich—every Morning at half-past 7. In consequence of the decided preference given to the T e . legraph safe Coach, the Proprietors are determined no eypenee shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on the Kent Road. SHEFFIELD 44 Express," and also " The Rockingham," through Rotherham, New Four inside Post Coaches, every morning and afternoon. SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shiffnal, Light Post. Coaches, every morning and afternoon.—Guarded. SOLIT,HAhIPTON " Union," to .Lymington, Lyndhurst, Winchester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and 13agshot, New Fonr Inside Coach, every morning, and ar' drys at the Coaeh and Horses and Vine Inn, Southamp ton, by Fire. This is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, G uernsey , S t. M a l oes , H avre de Grace,Clierbourgh, &c.—The Proprietors of the above Coack hope to receive a continuance of that support which has hitherto been _experienced since the commencement of the Union," _ _ STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES, a new light very fast Coach, every afternoon, to Lanend, Stoke, Shelton, Burden), Tunstall, Lawton, Hanly and Holmes Chapel. This is tha only Coach direct to the Potteries. STAMFORD light Post Coaches every morning and after. PARLIAAIENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 21. Lord. KING presented a petition from Ilgrnard Ross, a share holder in theillexican Compapy,liraying that a Com mittee might be appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Projectors and Directors of the said Company, and into Joint Stock Companies in general. Petitions, praying for the Abolition of Slavery, were present ed by Lord C.tititiNciTtiti from Gainsborough ; and by the Bishop of BATii and WE r:Ls, from Bath. Officers from the Treasury and the Bank presented an ac count of the number of Country Bank-notes circulating in Ire land, front the year 1819 to the year 1821, distinguishing those OM and upwards; and an account of the Notes of the Bank of Ireland in circulation on the 15th of February, lath of May, 15th of August, and the 15th of November of each ache above years.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. BANKES took the oatto and his scat for the County of Dorset. Accounts were presented from the Treasury respecting the Customs and Bank notes, also the :annual: certificate from the Commissioners for regulating the offices of the House of Commons. NEW, CORN-MARKET. Mr. S. WHITBREAD presented a petition from certain growers of corn in the County of Middlesex, in favour of the new corn,tuarket. Similar petitions were presented from merchants and grower of corn in Southwark and Kent, and certain dealers in London. On the motion, of Sir E. KNATcnnur.t., the new Cern. Market Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. MING presented a petition from those engaged in the silk trade in Mile-end New -town, against the importation of foreign silk. 111r.EUTCH/NSONprosented the report of the Committee on the Hibernian Joint stock Company Bill, and obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend and enlarge the same. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the mer. chants and traders of Bandon, in favour of the Basingstoke Canal Bill. 31r. CALVERT obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better paving, lighting, and eleanaing the Borough of South. wark. Mr. T. WILSON obtained leare to bring hi a Bill for the formation of an► Arcade between Holborn and Lincoln'r.inn• fields. Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery were presented from Poole, Leicester, Kidderminster, Leeds, and Cardiff: Mr.LYGONpresented a petition from Kidderminster, for a repeal of the Corn Laws. Mr. 11.1ANSFULD presented a simiLtr petition from Lei. colter. Sir J. SEBRIGHT presented a petition from St. Alban's, against the Importation of Foreign Silks. Sir E. HYDE EAST presented a similar petition from the Silk.throwsters of Winchester. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS TO SEILVE ON JURIES. Mr. BENETT wished to obtain information from the Speaker to guide him in the situation in which he stood. He was directed, in pursuance of the orders of the House, to attend a Committee to-morrow morning, and lie was also summoned as a juror in Westminster. hail. How was it possible for hint to obey their orders, and at the sante time discharge his duty to his country in the situation of juror, at one and the same time ? —(Hear, hear I)—He was really at a loss how to proceed under these circumstances, and lie threw himself on the Speaker for the benefit of his experience, and to know how he should act.-- (Hear, hear !) The SPEAKER said that the House was aware this very question had been referral to the consideration of a Committee of Privileges, which had not yet made their report. The only answer lie could give at present to the question which the Honourable 31em - ber had put to him, was, that he (the Speaker) had himself no doubt of the couse which lie should individually pursue, where he placed under the dreams stances alluded to,. (and he had no other protection than that which mu enjoyed by every other Member of Parliament); his answer would, be, that conceiving hie duty in that House was his first obligation, he should perform it—he would not say, neglecting every other duty, for that would imply a fault, but—omitting all others which could clash therewith. lie understood that the Report of the Committee of Privilege was ready for presentation, and would be presented in the course of the evening, SCOTCH BANKS. Mr. W. DUNDAS, in presenting a Petition from the Lord Provost and Corporation of - Edinburgh, against any alteration in the banking system of Scotland, hoped that the Government and the Ho use wou ld p a use before they touched an established plan with o in f i l i t l t t t i s t i e nt ati ss v to , had ex isted for more tha n a century, t h e country in all its important in. terests.—(Hear, hear ) After a few words from Mr. ROBERTSON the petition was then laid on the table. TOLLS AND CUSTOMS IN IRELAND. . On the m o ti on o f M r . S. RICE, a' select Committee was a p. fointed to consider the returns of the tolls and customs taken at airs and markets in Ir e land, and how far the existing laws on the subje c t m i g h t b e a l tere d, so as to guard against an y un d ue charges by any of the local authorities. MONUK presented a petition from the silk-weavers in the town arid neihbourhood of Rending, compl a i n i ng o r the distressed state of their trade, and praying (as we understood) against the importation of foreign bilks. Mr. P. PALMER bore testimony to the distresed state of the petitioners, whom he had once seen in prosperous eiremn. *Lances. The change he attributed to the measures proposed by Ministers without respect to foreign silks. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES—MEXICAN MINING, COMPA Nl'. Mr. 11013110 USE rose to present a petition, to which he requested th e attention of the 'louse. It related to a subject to which he .had - frequently before adverted, and to which, notwithstanding all that had been said, he could not help at tributing a great p ort i on o f the present distress—be meant joint stock companies. When Hon. Members considered that every one of the shares in those bubbles which was thrown on the market was at bad piece of bank currency, they would not be surprised at the extent of the evil which now prevailed. The loss occasioned by the great extent to which those ruinous speculations were carried, it the highest rate of premium and the lowest rate of discount were considered. would, he had no doubt, by found to fall little short of 14 millions. Some, he he. tiered by far the greater part of. theee speculations, were a total loss to the subscribers; and of those few which were car ried into operation, he believed it would be found that very little profits had been _shared. ! One great evil of those specula tions was the injury they had done to the. hitherto netarnished character of the English merchant. Some of the wildcat of the schemes were ushered into , the world with the names of some of the most respect a bl e mer c h ants a nd tra d ers o f L on . don at their head ; and . he was assured by a gentleman well acqeainted with these matters, that one cause of the.'pre. sent difficulty of obtaining credit in the city, was, that so many were engaged in these schemes that. , persons kneW not whom to trust. As this subject was likely to come before the House in a short time, the matter having now been taken up by the corporation of the city of London, from which he. understood a petition would in a few days be presented, praying for inquiry into the late epetseletione, be would not thee tree pass longer chats while he briefly stated the. object • of the netie tion before them. It was front a person named 'Bernard Ross (as we understand), and it complained of the conduct of the Directors of the Mexican Mining Company. Petitioner had _purchased shares in that company, but on coming to sign die deed of settlement, he found that it contained clauses which were extremely objectionable, and which he therefore refused to adopt by signing the deed. In consequence of this, the directors declared that he was no longer a shareholder. The clause to which the petitioner objected was (as we understand it) one by Which time directors were to. be indemnified against any legal proceedings. This he (Mr. Hobhouse) thou g ht was a course not warranted by law, for the directors had certainly acted illegally in the sale of shares; for it was well known that persons who were not originally shareholders, but had become purchasers, had no remedy for a recovery of their money in a court of law. The petitioner stated, that each of the directors had appropriated to himself 200 shares, and that the whole number divided be tween directors, solicitors, and others connected with the com pany, was 3,800. So that the purchasers to that number (and it was said the most of these were sold) would be deprived of a re medy in a court of law, not being original shareholders. The premium at which the shares were sold was said to be 151. per share, so that the whole sum realized by those shares would amount to .4,0001. This statement, it was but fair to 'say, was denied by the gentleman against whom the petitioner complained,' and who stated, that the whole of the allegations against them were greatly exaggerated. He (Mr. Hobhouse) ,had seen sonic of the parties co npleined against on this stip ‘jeet, and they denied that they were• culpable in the course they took. The whole amount of money received for shares by each director dill not exceed from 1,5001. to 1,7001. ; but even admitting this to be correct, he would contend that the sale of these shares was not a bone fide transaction s and it was to be greatly regretted that highly respectable indi e viduals would have lent themselves to such transactions.— . The prayer of the petition was, that a Committee might be appointed to inquire into the formation of joint stock! companies generally, and into that of the Mexican Cons-' piny in particular. When he (Mr. Hobhouse) had, on a former evening, asked the Attorney-General whether he in tended to introduce any legal measures for the better protec. tion of the public against the formation of such joint stock companies in future, .he was sorry to - learn that he had no such intention. The Learned Gentleman had said e - that as the law Ow stood, no additional measure was necessary ; 14n , that directors as well as others could be punished for fraudulent transactions, if there was sufficient evidence to prove the fact. Notwitstanding this declaration of the hLearned Gentleman, he could not help thinking' that some measure was necessary.forehe more eflimctual protection of the public, particularly as the -Bubble Act, which •made the foun dation of all such companies illeg a l, an d su bj ect to very heavy penalties, had been repealed. Much mischief was likely to occur from the repeal of. that Act, unless some more effectuel - measures were introduced. He did hope that the House would feel it to be its duty to institute some inquiry as to who were the authors of many of those ruinous schemes. He begged to call the attention of the house to the course which had been adopted in Parliament af.er the blowing up of the South I,iimet bubble. A Noble Lord, then on the Oppoeition•side 'of the .House, objected to any address in answer to the speech from the Throne going up, unless it contained some pledge on the part of the House that they would inquire and punish those who were concerned in the scheme; and an amendment to that erect was moved and carried. Certainly there was this dile ference between the case of the South Sea Bubble anti the late speculations—that the former was directly encouraged by the Ministers of that day. But though that was not tile case with respect to the late joint stack companies, still it was, he thought, not less the duty of that House to inquire as to who were their authors. The petitioner in this case had mentioned the names of all the parties concerned in this company i but as it would be invidious at present to mention those names, ho would not repeat timene The petition was then read, and ordered to lie on die table. NEW WJUT. On the motion of Mr. 14:mum, a new, writ was orderpd to be issued for the election of a burgess to serve for the borough of Devizes, in the room of Thomas &swoon, Esq., who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.' Petitions against negro slavery were presented by Sir J. Wrottesley, from Wolverhampton; by Mr. Dennison from Kingston ; by Mr. Alderman Heygate from Sudbury; by Lord J. Russell from St. Ives, and another place:in the county of Huntingdon.—They were ordered to be printed. Mr. Alderman HEYGATE presented a petition from Wool. wich, praying for the prevention of cruelty to animals. On the motion of Mr. J. G. HEATficoTE, it was ordered that there be laid before the House, a return of the number of ships, with the tonnage and men in each, entered in the ports of the United Kingdom within the l a st y ear , di s ti ngu i sh i ng foreign from British ships, and stating the p a rti cu l ar countries to which the foreign ships belonged. REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEC4E. Mr. WYNN appeared at the bar with a report of the Com. mittee of Privilege, to which had been referred the complaint of an Hon. Member, that certain Members of that House had been fined in the . Common Law Courts for not attending as jurors during the sitting of the house. The report was read, and was to this effect :—That it appeared to the Committee to he the ancient and acknowledged usage of that House that Member+ attending the high Court of Parliament were ex. exempted from attendance as jurors in, any of the courts of law. The report then cited the fol owing cases :---On the 22d Nov., 1607, a Member complained to the House that Sir John Tracy, also a Member of the House, had been compelled by a sum. mons to attend as a juror in the Court of Common Pleas, on which the Sergeant was directed to proceed to the Court with the mace, and require the Hon. M em b er ' s atten d ance i n hi s place in ihe House ; which wriaaccordingly done. On the 6th of May, 1607, it was stated to the House that Sir Thomas Iligges and Sir Thomas Lowe, both Members, had been sum moned to attend as jurors, upon an issue in the Court of King's Bench. The Sergeant was directed to proceed with his mace, and require their attendance in the }louse. On the 16th May, 1628, it was reported to the House that Sir J. holford (we think), a Member, had been summoned to attend a jury in she Court of King's Bench, and it was ordered that the Speaker should write to the Judge of that Court, requiring that the hon. Member should not be amerced for non-appear. twee, he having to attend his ditties in ParliaMent. The report further added, that the privilege of Members in this respect was Mr. NV YNN now moved that this report be agreed t o . H e fully recognised by the fith Geo. IV., cap. 69 . observed, that as no doubt the tines had been imposed in mute. quence of a misconstruction of the act, he thought the House would sufficiently assert its Privacife s by, agreeing to this re. port, and proceeding no further in the titian. ItIL CHOKER observed, that the report contained the words, " members attending the High Court of Parliament;" it might be a question how far that particular Ho use const i tuted the Higgh Conn of Parliament. 11.1 r. WYNN said there was no doubt that that House was the High Coe: of Parliament sufficiently for the assertion of its privileges. Mr. HUME. wished to know in what manner the decision of the House on this subject was to be communicated to the Learned Panto of the Exchequer ; for, however ridiculous it might be, it was well known that printing the proceedings of that House was held to be illegal. The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Member ought to know that one of the first orders of the Session was for printing the votes of the House, by which its proceedings could be known. There were besides the Journals of the House in which the proceedings were recorded, and which were aoceaelble by the public in consequence of the permission given ti parties to sell them. lt ' ir.IIUME repeated this question. Ire wanted to know in what way the publia were to become acquainted with the pro ceedings? The SPEAKER—In the same manner that the public be comes acquainted with public acts of Parliament—by their au, thorized publication. Mr. HOLFORD observed, that he thought the privileges: of Membeni were sufficiently asserted in the report bet Ore the I louse s he would not therefore take any further proceeding.—. The report was then ordered to be printed. BEAR BAITING, &c. Mr. AIARTIN moved for leave to bring in a Bill for pre hibiting Bear-baiting, Badger-beating, Dog-fighting, and other simile', sports. He trusted it would he unnecesary for him to enter largely into the subject at this early Maga, as it was an. usual to oppose an application for leave to bring in a BM, No doubt it was competent for any Hon. Gentleman to oppose it, it'hetleatiett ; but Ile trusted that so unusual a practice would hot be,rerorted to, when the obj e ct of the 'application was se perfeeitOrteunison kith the dictates of humanity. It was de eittedly the unanimous wish of their constituent:, that legisla tit'e measures should be employed for the removal of a system. so demoralizing in its efft•cts to the juvenile classes of society: He held in his hand a list of 42 petitione—one for every week in the year—on the subject—trom Liverpool, Manchester, Bie. minghtun, Bristol, Hull, anti several other places. He in sufficed the atrocities committed et a place with the classic name of the Patrician \Westminster Pit. The ATTORNEW.OENERAL would not oppose the ap. plication, though the Bill had been frequently .before the House, and its provisions r e p eate dl y di scussed. Mr. MARTIN hoped the Attorney-General would have no objection that his opposition should he reported at the Univere shy of Cambridge, which he was so anxious to represent. He might perhaps find it somewhat to Ida cost to sneer at the in. troduction of so humane a measure, when he went to seek the suffrages of Christian Clergymen. The Avrontere-GeNERM. denied that he sneered et all. Mr. MARTIN thought he saw him rieeer, when he named Cambridge. The Clergy, tea man, were with him. Petition* were now getting up on the subject. He could answer for it that the Clergymen of Westminster College (except Doctor Goodenough whom he did not see ) were on h is s i de; as Was the Very Rev. Dean. He had seen an affidavit, wherein it wrs atated,that at a bull-bait in Oxfordshire, the ljarbarous owner cut out the unfortunate animal's tongue, after ft had been lacerated by a dog. The tonge was then sent round on a plate for the collection of money. One instance wee worth a hundred ar. dog, coin p ft e rh l e t : e is t i l md t ao h lg e l . a d eleleteogeneadsgxectru,iiin:i it was ti fight t,v i m i t i li er t i ‘ ela l e a ttei rg dt o e , a o ti t c : d ! guments. On a late occasion, a wretch, who owned x little t c a o rl i ci m w te i r le a n the brutal master, irritated at the failure, actually , chopped cii' the poor dog's legs with a bill-hook, and then hurried airs crea iglntilwatllai e st o s B NIT alive. The Magistrates of Queen-square regretted that the law did not allow them to put down these cruel sports, Hoek. fled any man to say that the universal feeling of the kingdom was not in favour of a legislative enactment tor the reetreint Of cruelty. The subject was now started ut a moment peen lierlvtsio • pitious to the interests of humanity, when they would shortly`have to appear 'before their constituents. The A unlit: y-Getteral might be assured that the part he acted in the ireitee. would. reach Cambridge one way or another. The transtietieten of the House were sure to be reported in the most distant quarters Perhaps pigeons fled with the news. Mr. W. SMITH would not be debarred by an appre'eenaion of ridicule, from giving his opinion on a subject, which con cerned the morals of the community. He appleuded•t he fine ness and humanity of the Hon. Member for Galiveriti brae. 'ing ridicule on such a subject, and pressing his Bill upon the House. Hon. Gentlemen who opposed the Bill atust eitln not believe the facts stated, or they musLconceive the present laws adequate to the suppnesion of the enormities complained or—and if so, why were not those laws executed ? Or finally, they must he of opinion that the alleged practices were for the, advantage of the country. The truth of such an opinion he defied them to demonstrate. He could, see, in the atteeted losophy which claimed a license for the vulgar to indulge, in their usual sports, real contempt for the poorer clessek which denied them the benefit of instruction. It was treating them in the same manner as the slaves in the colonies were teemed ; "no matter how profligate they were 30 long as they worked. How could those Gentlemen who ittleneated education in the lower orders, suffer those who had been leaning morality der. ing the day, to go from school to the disgraceful and bat buroue exhibition of a bear baiting ? It would be consistent enough In those who wished the vulgar to be no better than hewers of wood and drawers of water. Colonel WOOD would vote for the Bill ; to which he was principally induced by an accountof a brutal scene which wok place at a lion fight in Warwickshire. The Hon. :Mintier went into a detail of the exhibition at the lion fight, at which he must say, that the conduct of the monsters who promoted the light was more horrid and ferocious than that of the savage dogs who tore and worried the lion. Sir R. WILSON was of opinion, as far as his information was of any weight on a legal subject, that the master who had chopped oil' his dog's legs, and buried him whilst b reat hi ng , , was liable to punishment, by the existing laws, at the Assize*, Mr. RIDLEr COLBURN supported the objection made r to the Bill, on the same grounds as had been taken to it by the Hon. the Attorney-General. He admitted the Hoe. ;limber for Galway had displayed great perseverance and firmness in support of the Bill, which had already made him popular with some, and unpopular with others. He was at all times indisposed to interfere with the sports of the lower orders, and should therefore oppose the motion of the Hon. Member. Mr.' CARUS WILSON combatted the objection that they were not on slight grounds to legislate for restraining the ems• watery amusements of the poor, by reminding the Hauer that these brutal gratifications formed a part of the fashiwable sports of the more wealthy and better informed. It was the more necessary to restrain them. He should support the motion, Mr. MARTIN explained. Mr. Secretary PEEL observed, this was not the first Session in which this application had been made to the House for its permission to bring in this Bill. It had been made now every Session for the last three years. The House was aware, there. fore, at the first blush whether this bill ought to be enteitaine& It was an absurd idea that a lion was a nobler animal than others, or that the domestic animal th e dohought to be pro tected,' whilst the harmless pigeon became,. u t eubject of cruel 10 sport to the higher classes, being daily and killed ar maimed in those authorised and fltehionahle 'meetings denorni. nated pigeon matches. There was no principle in dile 11111 ter ground an interference on the part of the Legislature in f avour of the particular animals specified, to the exclusion of ot h ers who appeared equally well entitled to legal protection. He therefore felt it his duty to oppose the introduction of the Bill, more particularly as he feared that any legislative enactment of this kind might be made, perhaps, the means of persecuting of oppressing human beings. The House then divided, when there apppeared— Ayes . • 35 Noes -39 „: Majority CRUELTY TO CATTLE. On our re-admission to the gallery we found Mr. MARTIN addressing the Ilouse on the subjeat of his Motion, for leave to bring in a Bill to a m en d t h e A ct f or prevent i ng Cruelty to Cattle. It was his intention to give by this Bin a power to the Magistrate to apportion to the person proeecuting the offender, so much of the fine to the Crown as should remunerate hint for the loss of his time incurred in the prosecution of the offender, and no more. There was also it provision to send cases of groat atrocity , to the Sessions, in cases where th e cattle h o d b een maimed maliciously by t he owner; and this he was desirous,. of having sanctioned by the Learned Attorney-General, because it now appeared to be the law, that if the animal so abused was the party's own, Sir James Mackintosh's Act had not rendered it a felony, and the parties were dispunishable. Would .fir. A ttorney-Oeneral now assert the law to be what he ti t4teti Lst Seasinn, that the owner maiming his own horse was liable to transportation ? fie begg e d l eave to s ay, t h at the 'A ttorney. (letterer' was deceived as to his opinion, and that :Is thti letv stands„ the man who maim e d hi s own aide its not. Under sir J. Mackintosh's Act, li s bl e to an y p un i s hment.. Kis Learoed Friend's mistake aro se f rom this--he fourta t hel viaTd wilet4r w frorn malice at otherwise' but thesis words reArigl.ortly to au the owner might offence committed ageirott a third petoton, and nut to tlytt which animal- ..e instituted the case tried by Sir James Aferwifit:l4, with respect to hares bo poisoned by villains in order to,sect!te the winning (tithe race: - ie then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Bill 40 to his horse or other 14 for preventing cruelty to cattle. 111 r. istoTtatwOßTH seconded the motion, and regret. ted it did not reach the case of pry -fighting, which he eonsi. noon, through Bahlock, Iliggiessvade, :St. Nrots, Ruelideni AlConbury, Stilton, and Wandsford. SUNDERLAND, s!,ielit o h, In Vann Light Post Goad' every Morninz, to the George:lnn, Sunderland. TOTTENHAM and Eilotsitiiiin Coaches daily; at Eleven, Half-past Two; Fire, and Eight ~ 'cloelt. WAKEFtELD - Four iniide No . -Coaches, every Morning and Afternoon. 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